Comb attachment



Dec. 26,1922. 1,440,069

J. w. ENGLlSH.

COMB ATTACHMENT. FILED MAR. 21, 1922 Patented Dec. 26, 1922.

UNITED sT Tes JOHN W. ENGLISH, 0h HELENA, GEQEGIA.

COMB ATTACHMENT.

Application filed. March 21, 1%22. Serial No. 545,436.

of a detachable handle for the comb so constructed as to be readilyapplied and fastened in such a manner that a direct pull may be securedon the comb when in use, ensuring. a much more efiicient operationthereof.

Another object of the invention is to provide a detachable comb handleconstructed in such a manner that manipulation of the handle itselfoperates to clamp the same upon the comb. I

Nith these and such other objects in view as will be apparent from thedescription, my invention resides in the novel co1nbination,construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed,and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, of which- Figure 1 is anelevation of the attachment as applied;

Figure 2, an end elevation of same;

Figure 3, a section on line 3-3 of Figure 2; and

Figure l, ure 3. 1

In this embodiment of the invention the device is shown as applied to acomb 1, and is formed in detail, of flat clamping plate 2, carrying atone end a laterally ex tending stem 3, the outer end 4 of which isthreaded to receive thereover a nut 5 disposed in a hexagonal socket 6sunk in the outer end of a handle 7 mounted on the stem to rotatethereover.

On the inner end of the handle is niounted a second clamping plate 8which is slidable over the stem and provided with a heel portion 9adapted to rest on the inner end of the handle 7. That portion of the asection on line ll of Figstem 3 which passes through the plate 8 andheel portion 9 thereof, is provided with a longitudinal groove adaptedto receive rib 10 formed on the plate, whereby rotation of the plateabout the stem is prevented.

Clamping plates 2 and 8 extend sufiiciently laterally of the handle sothat they may be engaged and clamped against the comb 1 over one endthereof, and these plates are of relatively long and broadconfiguration. In operation, the comb is inserted between the plates 2and 8, as illustrated, and on rotation of the handle 7 nut 5 will beturned over the threaded end of the stem 3 owing to the hexagonalformation of the socket 6, whereupon the stem will be drawn within thehandle to clamp the plates against the comb. The length ofstem 3 is suchthat When the handle is in attached position it will not extend be yondthe outer end of the handle.

While I have illustrated and described in this preferred form certaindetails of con struction of the invention, I desire it to be understoodthat I do not intend to limit myself to these, but that any such may-beused as will fall within the scope of the invention as claimed.

1 claim:

1. A device of the character described, comprising a handle member,clamping plates carried by said handle member, and means in said handlemember for engaging said plates in clamping relation.

2. A device of the character described, comprising a. handle, a clampdisposed on one end of said handle, and means in said handle foroperating said clamp.

3. A comb attachment comprising a clamping plate, a stem extendingtherefrom, a clamping plate slidable over said stem, a handle rotatableon said stem and provided with a socket in one end, and a mem bercarried in said socket cooperating with said stem for actuating saidclamping plates.

at. In a comb attachment, a clamping plate, provided with a threadedstern extending therefrom, a rotatable handle disposed on said stem andprovided in its outer end with a hexagonal socket, a nut disposed insaid socket over said stein, a clamping plate loosely mounted on saidstem between said first named plate and the inner end of the handle,whereby on rotation of said handle plates will be drawn together inclamp ing relation.

5. In a comb attachment, a clamping plate, threaded stem extending fromone end thereof, a handle member rotatable over said stem and providedwith a hexagonal socket in its outer end a clamping plate slidablydisposed on said stern between the inner end of the handle and the firstnamed clamping plate, means on said stem and slidable clamping plate forpreventing r0- tation thereof, and a nut on the outer end of said sternand carried in said handle socket whereby on rotation of said handlemember the plates will be drawn together 10 in clamping relation.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

JOHN W. ENGLISH.

